Samsung Wallet now supports Student ID

Samsung’s offer now New digital student ID support in your own Wallet app. Galaxy users, especially those with recent A, S, or Z series devices, will be able to pull up their Campus Card to access amenities and food at a tap around supported institutions with the same ease as using Samsung Pay.

In my time, we had to carry ugly plastic student ID cards with us to keep ourselves in smelly weight rooms and to pick up dry burgers on the meal plan. Today, some students have gone to school and earned a four-year degree without the need to carry a physical card.

In the beginning, Android phones sometimes had to rely on a dedicated app for a particular school’s system, but later, Companies like Transact Universities were helped to create solutions that could also integrate the cards into Google Wallet. The same solution will now allow students to add NFC-tapable campus IDs to Samsung Wallet if they so desire. Samsung’s Wallet app made an official comeback last year, bringing together digital keys, pay cards and even crypto.

Apple has had contactless student ID support for many years. Schools like Johns Hopkins in Baltimore Enabled electronic ID in 2019Which neatly entered Apple’s Wallet app, along with students’ first credit cards and concert tickets.

To add a supported School ID to Samsung Wallet, you need to download the Transact eAccounts mobile app from the Google Play Store, set it up, and add it to Wallet. Student ID on Samsung Wallet will work even when users’ Galaxy devices are on power reserve mode, so a dead battery won’t leave them outside their dorm at 3am.

Not all Samsung devices will work; will you do one of the following is required US-model Galaxy phones with Samsung’s ESE embedded secure element and Android 12 or higher:

Samsung will also be rolling out support for Student ID on Galaxy watches this fall. Although the company hasn’t provided a list of its wearables that will work, it’s safe to assume that at least one will do.

Some of the first schools to support Student ID on Samsung Wallet include Penn State, University of Florida, Central Michigan University, University of North Alabama and Stevens Institute of Technology. Overall, the company is currently backed by 68 higher-education institutions in the US.